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The supersize of the images is deliberate as the facial expressions can make all the difference.

Most of my favorites came early, but the end had some nice surprises.

But the biggest surprise for me was that it proved to be so difficult.

Or that you thought it was so difficult.

The overall quality was high, but maybe a little low on real emotion. I still wanted some different aspects as well. Pity that some of those NSFW images have not shown up. The emotional side of things of course is what makes Stockimo and the like so appealing. I mean real emotions, not the pretty girl laughing uncontrollably over a bowl of salad. We now know that there has to be at least a lot of flare in the image to suggest real emotion. ;-)

Somehow you all managed to escape that!

Pity the Chevy's not on the highway, luckily there's no Frangipani between the toes of the girl. Some of the older files could do with a more modern make-over with the shadow slider of Photoshop. And some would not make it through QC now because of dust bunnies the size of basketballs, oops! It's also a pity the London bus and some of the others were not close enough in the end.

So that's how the list came about plus:

I hope it's obvious why Colin's wife's image is in there: it makes fun of all of us grumpy forumites; it's a perfect way to get even; there's real emotion there too, maybe even a bit of joy. And if she wins, she'll probably give us a challenge we will remember for quite a while ;-)